Back to the Beginning

This coming Sunday, Ryan and I will celebrate our five-year wedding anniversary. As hard as it is for me to believe that we have already been married for almost five years, it's even harder for me to believe that it has been almost seven years since he asked me out on our first date. 

In August 2005, we met in Concepts of Wellness class at Union College. We both sat in the back of the classroom and bonded over making smart-alec comments about how much the class sucked. We were both in a relationship with other people at the time, and I actually thought he was interested in my cousin because he was always talking to her. 

Eventually, we both found ourselves single and started talking about the possibility of hanging out. He finally made the big moved and asked me to a 1920's banquet that the school was hosting. The only problem was that he asked me out on the day of the banquet... in an email. Luckily for him, though, I kind of liked him, so I called him and told him that I'd love to go (my mom asked me what I was doing, since "what kind of guy asks you to the banquet on the day of it and in an email?"). 

Going to that banquet with Ryan was one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life. The banquet was boring and pretty lame, but the company was great. I just knew that there was something special about him. Never before had I felt so comfortable opening up to someone the way that I was able to open up to him. We just really hit it off. 

The next few days after the banquet, we hung out a lot and talked about what we each wanted out of a relationship and where we saw this going. November 8, 2005, we officially became a couple... and the rest is history! 

Ryan and I on Our First Date